Floris Parent Wrote:
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> South Lakes Pyramid parent Wrote:
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> > BTW, I looked at teh School Matters site again.
> I
> > couldn't find any information on what they are
> > basing their numbers, nothing at all. Could be
> > about as accurate as Zillow.
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> Here is a link to the Site:
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http://www.schoolmatters.com/schools.aspx/q/page=a
> b#SchoolMatters
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> Our Service
> Since its inception in 2001, as an independent,
> analytical resource for state and education
> leaders, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) School Evaluation
> Services has evolved and become a valuable
> resource for parents.
>
> In 2005, S&P began providing parents and taxpayers
> with an objective analysis of school and school
> district data via www.schoolmatters.com, a
> publicly-accessible, interactive website.
>
> Due in large part to the popularity of the
> website, S&P has been able to engage parents
> across the country, all while continuing to serve
> as an objective source of information and analysis
> on our nation's public schools.
>
> Our History
> S&P Analysts have been involved in education
> research for many years, and have analyzed
> academic, financial, and demographic circumstances
> and trends in public schools at the local, state,
> and national levels. Based on their knowledge, S&P
> developed a service that looked beyond student
> performance and financial information and,
> instead, focused on a comprehensive review of all
> education information. From this idea, S&P created
> a new business unit, School Evaluation Services,
> and developed its unique Return on Resources
> framework to synthesize student performance,
> financial information, and community and school
> demographics to help better explain school and
> school district performance.
>
> S&P believes that engaging each community around
> the strengths and challenges of its schools is one
> of the best ways to drive school improvement,
> which is why S&P makes its data and analysis
> available to the public on www.schoolmatters.com.
OOOOKAAAAAYYY. Show me where it says what specific data and sources for the data they use. Zillow says the same type of thing about the "data" it uses, but it is known for wild inaccuracies. In other words, this is not specific enough.